This week's look at the SP+ ratings. If you remember last week there was a top tier of 5 teams with ratings above or right at 30 but there was a lot of movement lower in ratings from that group this week. Only Ohio State remains above 30. The ratings this week seem to be grouping teams into a few more distinct tiers with OSU/Texas/Bama at the top. I was shocked, as was Connelly, that Ole Miss didn't drop further but they are in the second tier with Tenn/PSU/UGA. Then you've got a third tier with ratings btw 20-25 consisting of Oregon/Mizzou/ND/Miami. Our Tigers jumped up a few spots to #13 (from 17) and our rating improved to 16.6 from 15. Our offense ranking dropped to #17 from #12 on the week while the defensive ranking improved to #28 from #36.
The ACC stayed in 3rd in the conference rankings
| 1. SEC: 16.7 average adjusted PPG (36.2 offense, 19.7 defense) |
| 2. Big Ten: 10.0 average (28.6 offense, 18.7 defense) |
| 3. ACC: 8.0 average (31.4 offense, 23.6 defense) |
| 4. Big 12: 7.5 average (32.1 offense, 24.7 defense) |
| 5. Sun Belt: -6.9 average (25.7 offense, 32.5 defense) |
| 6. AAC: -7.6 average (24.5 offense, 32.1 defense) |
| 7. Mountain West: -7.8 average (23.8 offense, 31.5 defense) |
| 8. MAC: -13.8 average (17.0 offense, 30.7 defense) |
| 9. Conference USA: -14.0 average (19.8 offense, 33.6 defense) |
The SP+ model is still going to be working out the kinks for several more weeks but it's getting there! Still, you gotta lol at #48 FSU and #41 UNC.
